Enshrouded: How to Stop Oswald Anders From Wandering Off (Roaming Range)
Drop his Roaming Range to 0m with the Summoning Staff so the Blacksmith stays put by your Flame Altar.
Drop his Roaming Range to 0m with the Summoning Staff so the Blacksmith stays put by your Flame Altar.
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Once Oswald Anders is placed at your base with the Summoning Staff, he drifts around the area and often ends up among the trees near the Flame Altar instead of where you left him. His card lists a default Roaming Range 10m, which is the space he wanders inside.
Quick answer: Select the Summoning Staff, press TAB to attune, hold CTRL and scroll the mouse wheel down until Roaming Range reads 0m, left-click a spot inside your base to place him, then press TAB to finish.
Set Oswald’s Roaming Range to 0m with the Summoning Staff
Select the Summoning Staff on your action bar. Its slot shows the survivor’s face. Press TAB to attune it. A “Craftspeople” bar opens along the bottom with Oswald Anders’ portrait, and a card on the right reads “Oswald Anders – Blacksmith”, “Base 1” and “Roaming Range 10m”. A blue see-through preview of Oswald follows where you aim, the prompt “TAB Finish” sits above the bar, and the corner shows “Flame protected area”.
The Craftspeople bar with Oswald Anders, the Blacksmith, ready to place and TAB Finish available.
With CTRL held, turn the mouse wheel downward to reduce the Roaming Range. Its meter drains as the reading falls from 10m to 0m. Turn the wheel upward while holding CTRL to raise the range again whenever you wish.
Oswald Anders’ card with Roaming Range brought all the way down to 0m.
Place your aim on the ground within your base, close to the Flame Altar, then click the left mouse button. Oswald appears there, standing still. Beyond the base boundary, his preview turns red and displays “Cannot build here”; it also goes red if you point at the spot he occupies. Press TAB to complete the placement and stow the staff.
Oswald placed next to the Flame Altar, with his card still showing Roaming Range 0m.
Walk up to Oswald at his new spot. The prompt “E Talk & Craft” appears. With Roaming Range at 0m, he stays on that spot instead of wandering off.
Oswald stays beside the altar, with the E Talk & Craft prompt ready.
Confirm it worked and open the Blacksmith tab
Tap E on Oswald to open the dialogue. It begins with “What is it?” and lists “Craft – Upgrade” along with his quest topics Fire Of The Forge, Crafting First Gear and Cleansing Fire. The panel on the left shows his ROAMING RANGE with an F key, a second place to read the setting. Selecting “Craft – Upgrade” opens the Blacksmith crafting tab.
Oswald’s dialogue with Craft – Upgrade, his quest topics, and his Roaming Range shown on the left.
Assign Oswald a bed for Blacksmith recipes
Oswald’s dialogue includes a “Missing Bed” line: he wants you to make him a comfortable bed, and explains that the Summoning Staff lets you specify which bed he may use. Once a survivor is placed, the staff’s hint tells you to point at a bed and press the left mouse button to assign it.
Oswald’s Missing Bed request points you back to the Summoning Staff.
Until he has one, several Blacksmith recipes list a red “Sheltered Bed” requirement under “Blacksmith”. The Charcoal Kiln (Furniture) needs Stone 20, and the Forge (Furniture) needs Stone 30, Metal Scraps 10, Charcoal 10 and Wood Logs 12, both on top of the Sheltered Bed.
The Charcoal Kiln recipe in the Blacksmith tab, with its unmet Sheltered Bed requirement and Stone 20.
